Paris, France | AFP | France will plough 65 million euros ($76 million) into startups in Africa, President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday at a technology conference in Paris. Macron made the announcement at the third edition of the VivaTech trade fair, which brings together innovators, investors and entrepreneurs. This year …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said he was “deeply concerned” as US President Donald Trump cancelled a widely anticipated nuclear summit next month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “I am deeply concerned by the cancellation of the planned meeting in Singapore between …

Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump informed Kim Jong Un Thursday he is canceling their nuclear summit next month in Singapore, blaming “anger” and “hostility” from the North Korean regime for the collapse of the historic event. Trump and Kim had been due to hold high-stakes talks …

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea called US Vice-President Mike Pence “ignorant and stupid” for his warnings over a planned summit with Donald Trump, renewing a threat to cancel as the US president said the fate of the historic talks will be decided next week. Trump is due …

Libreville, Gabon | AFP | Russia and China are muscling their way into the Central African Republic as Western clout in the mineral-rich, strategically important nation seems to wane, analysts say. Ranked at the very bottom of the UN’s 188-nation Human Development Index, CAR is mired in poverty and strife. …

Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Amnesty International on Thursday urged Nigeria to act on claims soldiers and members of the civilian militia have raped women and girls in remote camps for people displaced by Boko Haram but the government said the rights monitor was repeating false accusations. “This… is just …

United Nations, United States | AFP | A UN Security Council committee has agreed to lift a travel ban on North Korean officials heading to Singapore for the planned summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un next month, diplomats said. Singapore last week asked the sanctions committee to grant …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Posters published by supporters of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ruling party show Joseph Kabila as a presidential candidate in controversial December elections meant to end his rule. “Our candidate Joseph Kabila,” reads one of the posters alongside his picture, signed by the Friends …

Maputo, Mozambique | AFP | Mozambique’s parliament Wednesday approved constitutional changes on how provinces are governed, meeting a key demand of rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama who died this month. Decentralisation of power was a central issue in peace talks between President Filipe Nyusi and Dhlakama, the head of the Renamo …